NCT02517242

Syringes Replacement for Insulin Application for Pens Device in a Population of Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Multifactorial Intervention to Improve Glycemic Control

Syringes Replacement for Insulin Application for Pens Device in a Population of Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Multifactorial Intervention to Improve Glycemic controlCONTROL

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective, intervention, randomized, phase IV study. Patients will be included with 60 years or older, both sexes, with HbA1c \>8.5% using oral antidiabetics agents and insulin and then we will be randomized by use syringe or pens device to use insulin NPH and regular. All patients will receive a blood glucose monitor, lancet tapes, capillary blood glucose tests (3 tests/day). HbA1c will be measured at baseline, 3 and 6 months. Patients will see monthly.

Conditions

• Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pens Device
DEVICE	Syringe
OTHER	Monitoring capillary blood glucose with blood glucose monitor, lancet tapes and capillary blood glucose tests (3 tests/day)

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2015-08-06
• Last updated: 2015-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil